Dr. Wolfelt’s article “You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving” was published on the Aftertalk blog. It is available here.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
After a significant loss, it’s common to feel like we’re going crazy. The sudden absence of someone we love is not only devastating, it’s disorienting. The first year or two of grief is often unbelievably painful and confusing. We’re in shock, often for weeks or months. Time seems out of whack. We feel powerless, helpless, and ineffective. We can’t think straight; we can’t get anything done. Our moods swing wildly, and we say and do crazy things. We cry, and we cling to objects ...| Center for Loss & Life Transition
This beautiful little hardcover gift book offers Dr. Wolfelt?s thoughts on hope in grief interspersed with quotes from the world?s greatest hope-filled thinkers.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
This flagship title in our 100 Ideas Series offers 100 practical ideas to help you practice self-compassion. Some of the ideas teach you the principles of grief and mourning.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
After someone we love dies, each day can be a struggle. But each day, if we work to embrace our normal and necessary grief and care for ourselves, we will also take one step toward healing. Those who grieve will find comfort and understanding in this daily companion. With one brief entry for every day of the calendar year, this gem by Dr. Wolfelt offers small, one-day-at-a-time doses of guidance and healing. Each entry includes an inspiring or soothing quite followed by a short discussion of ...| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Dr. Wolfelt’s article “Embracing the Sadness of Grief” was published in the Summer 2025 edition of Frontline. It is available here.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
The Center for Loss & Life Transition/Companion Press is committed to quality and 100% customer satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with your resource order, you may return the product […] The post Center for Loss Return Policy appeared first on Center for Loss & Life Transition.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Question: I see people promoting themselves as “grief experts.” When I attended your training, I think you mentioned that the true “expert” is the mourner. Can you expand on this? […] The post Ask Dr. Wolfelt: Who is the Real “Grief Expert?” appeared first on Center for Loss & Life Transition.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Dr. Wolfelt’s article “The Value of Readings in Funerals” was published in the June 26, 2025 edition of the the Memorial Business Journal. It is available here.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
What is Grief? The word “grief” is the simple shorthand we use for what is actually a highly complex mixture of thoughts and feelings. Grief is everything we think and […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
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Dr. Wolfelt’s article “Understanding the Guilt of Grief” was published in the Summer 2025 edition of the TAPS magazine. It is available here.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Loss is never easy, but learning about the normal, necessary process of grief and mourning can help. Here at the Center for Loss and Life Transition, it’s our mission to […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Dr. Wolfelt is often asked questions by those who attend our trainings on their way to earning their Death & Grief Studies Certificate. Over the next few months he’ll be […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Dr. Wolfelt’s article “The Value of Symbols in Funerals” was published in the May 2025 edition of the Director magazine. It is available here. The post The Value of Symbols in Funerals appeared first on Center for Loss & Life Transition.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Dr. Wolfelt’s article “Embracing the Sadness of Grief” was published in the Spring 2025 edition of the TAPS magazine. It is available here. The post Embracing the Sadness of Grief appeared first on Center for Loss & Life Transition.| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Below are resources we have found are often helpful when searching for a grief counselor. National and International Resources: Local Hospices or Funeral Homes: Often your local hospice or funeral […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
About Our Trainings The Center for Loss and Life Transition is known for providing quality bereavement care training. Thousands of caregivers have participated in the past 40 years. If you […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
For bereavement caregivers who want to start and run an effective grief support group for adults, this new Support Group Guide discusses the role of support groups for mourners and describes the steps involved (such as deciding on group format, publicizin| Center for Loss & Life Transition
We often receive calls into the Center for Loss asking questions about facilitating grief support groups. In an effort to help, Dr. Wolfelt has responded below to some frequently asked […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Understanding Your Grief Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “When words are inadequate, have a ritual.” — Author Unknown Rituals are symbolic activities that help us, together with our families and friends, express […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. If you are in the midst of planning a funeral, you may be feeling overwhelmed right now. Many details must be attended to. Many […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost As […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. The death of someone loved changes our lives forever. And the movement from the “before” to the “after” is almost always a long, painful […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. A friend or family member has died of a drug overdose. Death and grief are always hard, but when someone dies from drug use, […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “There is no right response to death. You make it up as you go along.” – Joan Connor On your journey through the wilderness […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
It’s normal to experience anxiety in grief. While it’s not pleasant to feel anxious, it’s natural because loss shakes our sense of security in the present and often raises worries about the future. Anxiety is a form of fear. Of course we feel afraid when someone important to us dies. How will we survive without them? What will our lives be like? What if something happens to others we care about? What’s more, the pain of grief compounds anxiety. When we’re hurting, we naturally fee...| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “Mourning never really ends. Only as time goes on, it erupts less frequently.” How do you ever find your way out of the wilderness […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. After someone you love dies, you grieve inside. You have many different thoughts and feelings, most of them painful. We call this interior experience of […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
Our director, Dr. Alan Wolfelt, has been recognized as one of North America’s leading death educators, authors and grief counselors. His compassionate messages about healing in grief—based on his own personal […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
When you’re grieving, you experience many different thoughts and feelings. As strange as your emotions may seem, they are a true expression of where you are right now. Rather than […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Though you should reach out to others as you do the work of mourning, you should not feel obligated to accept the unhelpful responses […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. In the last issue we explored some of the most common misconceptions about grief—and how those misconceptions can pull you off the path to healing. […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.” — Marianne Williamson Sadness is […]| Center for Loss & Life Transition